agriculture
Why working in the fields is no laughing matter
July 27, 2010Recently, Arturo Rodriguez, president of the United Farm Workers, appeared on Comedy Central's Steven Colbert Report to encourage U.S. workers to take jobs in agriculture.
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The war on antibiotics
July 15, 2010Without strict new regulations, the way beef, poultry, and pork are produced in America could rob us of effective antibiotics.
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Senators confident on votes to lift Cuba travel ban
July 14, 2010There are enough votes in the Senate to lift the travel ban that now bars U.S. citizens from traveling to Cuba, key Republican and Democratic senators say.
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Bill would lift Cuba travel ban
June 2, 2010Congress is about to vote on a bill that would end the Cuba travel ban and create an estimated 6,000 jobs in the U.S.
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Black farmers settlement is “win for all family farmers”
February 23, 2010Willie Adams, a Black farmer in Greene County, Ga., hailed President Obama's $1.25 billion proposed settlement of a lawsuit by Black farmers demanding compensation for 80 years of racist discrimination in federal farm loan programs.
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